Unit 1 - Exploration and Colonization Test Review
1. List 3 reasons for exploration: (RS)
2. List 3 reasons for colonization: (RS)
3. What is a physical characteristic? (RS)
4. Give 1 examples of a physical characteristic of each region. (New England, Middle and Southern) BE FAMILIAR WITH ALL CHARACTERISTICS (RS)
5. Give 1 example of a political characteristic of each region. (New England, Middle and Southern) BE FAMILIAR WITH ALL CHARACTERISTICS (SS)
6. Give 1 example of an economic characteristic of each region. (New England, Middle and Southern) BE FAMILIAR WITH ALL CHARACTERISTICS (SS)
7.Give 1 example of religious characteristic of each region. (New England, Middle and Southern) BE FAMILIAR WITH ALL CHARACTERISTICS (SS)
8. Give 1 example of a social characteristic of each region. (New England, Middle and Southern) BE FAMILIAR WITH ALL CHARACTERISTICS (SS)
9. What was the effect of long, harsh winters in New England? (RS)
10. What was the effect of shorter winters and fertile soil in the Middle Colonies? (RS)
11. What was the effect of good natural ports in the Middle Colonies? (RS)
12. What was the effect of a warm climate with good soil in the Southern Colonies? (RS)
13. List 1 example of how the colonists in the New England colonies made money. BE FAMILIAR WITH ALL ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS (SS)
14. List 1 example of how the colonists in the Middle Colonies made money. BE FAMILIAR WITH ALL ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS (SS)
15. List 1 example of how the colonists in the Southern Colonies made money. BE FAMILIAR WITH ALL ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS (SS)
16. What groups of people settled in the colonies for religious reasons? (RS)
17. What ethnic groups settled in the colonies for economic reasons? (RS)
18. What were the two RACIAL groups during the colonial period? (RS)
19. What group of people settled for religious and political freedom? (RS)
20. List the 3 reasons that the colonists wanted to form representative governments in the colonies? (RS)
21. Be able to identify the following historical documents: Mayflower Compact, The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (SS)
22. Be able to explain why the The Virginia House of Burgesses is significant to the forming of representative governments in the colonies.(SS)
23. Be able to identify the following people: Thomas Hooker. Charles de Montesquieu, John Locke, William Blackstone, William Penn, Anne Hutchinson, Eliza Lucas Pickney and Pocahontas (SS)
24. Describe the Protestant Reformation. (SS)
25. Describe the First Great Awakening. (SS)
26. Why was the Plymouth Colony important in the development of religious freedom in the colonies? ALLOWED SELF-GOVERNING CHURCHES (SS)
27. Who founded Massachusetts Bay Colony? (SS)
28. Why is Rhode Island significant in the development of religious freedom in the colonies? ROGER WILLIAMS AND ANNE HUTCHINSON FLED HERE BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE NO CHURCH STATE. (SS)
29 What did Pennsylvania guarantee that helped in the development of religious freedom in the colonies? EQUALITY, RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL FREEDOM (SS)
30. Who was Pennsylvania founded for? (SS)
31. What was significant of Virginia in the development of religious freedom in the colonies? FIRST COLONY TO SEPARATE CHURCH AND STATE & NO GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN RELIGION (SS)
32. What did the Bill of Rights of 1791 guarantee?
NO STATE CHURCH & NO GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN RELIGION (SS)
33. Explain how the TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE led to the development of slavery. (RS)
34. Explain how the PLANTATION SYSTEM led to the spread of slavery. (RS)
35. Explain what crops were in demand and caused slavery to spread.(RS)
36. Explain the impact of slavery in the south. (RS)
37. Be able to compare and contrast free blacks with slaves.(SS)